We thank the numerous individuals within all of the NABCI Canada partner organizations who contributed text or reviewed various drafts of the report. Special thanks to the following individuals who worked with the steering committee to prepare initial drafts for various sections of the report: David Bird, Mike Cadman, Brenda Dale, Erica Dunn, Christian Friis, Tony Gaston, Vicky Johnston, Craig Machtans, Nancy Mahoney, Jon McCracken and Becky Whittam.

We are particularly grateful to all of the photographers and organizations, as individually credited on each photograph, who generously donated their images for use in this report.

This report would not have been possible without the dedication and skill of the thousands of volunteer observers who are the backbone of many monitoring programs, such as the North American Breeding Bird Survey, shorebird migration surveys, and the Christmas Bird Count. Similarly indispensable were the many professional biologists and technicians from across Canada and internationally who designed and helped to conduct and report on all the diverse programs monitoring Canada's birds.

This report was published by Environment Canada on behalf of NABCI Canada.

The North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI) was launched in 1999 in Canada, the United States and Mexico, to coordinate bird conservation throughout the continent. NABCI's vision is that populations and habitats of North America's birds are protected, restored and enhanced through coordinated efforts at international, national, regional and local levels, guided by sound science and effective management.

NABCI is designed to increase the effectiveness of existing and new programs, foster greater international cooperation and enhance coordination within countries, among governments, environmental non-government organizations (ENGOs) and private sector organizations. NABCI functions both through in-country implementation and by tri-national cooperation to deliver comprehensive bird conservation in North America.